Jan Van Quirm wrote:Females aren't necessarily as deadly or as brave as the male...

Oh, I don't know about that. No man could put up with the bravery involved in delivering a child and Livia (Augustus's wife) was pretty deadly when it came to killing off family members (if you believe Tacitus).

Thank you ^^ I know why now, the link led me to the Minisites version and clicking Reply led me to the index.

Well, I reckon Terry Pratchett encapsulated the philosophical dilemmas Granny and Mightily Oats were facing against themselves in this novel. He entertained us with the Bi-polarity of Agnes/Perdita and the Oggish humor of Nanny.

The ideas about 'Right and wrong' brought the mind to much consideration of identity and purpose, and practical common sense. We see one argument of Oats with himself and during that he almost panicked about the truth of Om.
It was a nice touch to 'Make a big light' with the Om-ble, and see his belief in the god rise to the surface (without requiring a booming voice from the sky).
Carpe Jugulum's Omnian beliefs were an obvious parody of Christianity, so it wouldnt be surprising for it to have recieved much criticism because of this. However, I'm an athiest and I can't deny that this was a thoroughly engrossing, entertaining story.

Am I the only one to notice that Twilight carries many elements from this book (the whole Vlad being attracted to Agnes because of her mind being blocked thing, the 'Meeting Family, 'Flying Through The Forests' etc.)? I wonder if Stephenie Meyer had ever read Carpe Jugulum before she wrote the books. Or are these in practically all vampire stories?

I've never been inclined to read the Twilight books, so I couldn't comment on that. But in some ways, Terry is writing a parody on vampire books and films with this book. All the stuff we 'know' about vampires and how they can be destroyed is turned upside down somewhat. In many ways all vampire stories are going to be reflections of each other.

“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal